New Insights into the Cellular Toxicity of Carbon Quantum Dots to <i>Escherichia coli</i>

• Main Authors: Shirong Qiang (Author), Li Zhang (Author), Zhengbin Li (Author), Jianjun Liang (Author), Ping Li (Author), Jiayu Song (Author), Kunling Guo (Author), Zihuan Wang (Author), Qiaohui Fan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In this study, the cytotoxicity and toxic mechanism of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) to <i>E. coli</i> were evaluated in vitro. The synthetic CQDs were extremely small in size (~2.08 nm) and displayed strong fluorescence. The results demonstrated that CQDs showed good biocompatibility with...